Busy Busy Busy

• Lord child have I been busy. Busy busy busy. Every weekend booked. Every weeknight choc-a-bloc. From Monday morning until Wednesday night I don't stop going. This morning, my coffee actually got cold on my desk because I was so busy I couldn't drink it. I am now blogging because I can't take it anymore. All systems are shutting down.
• The GMAT class on Tuesday's is good. It's helpful. I think it will bring that score right on up. It's nice to have a reason to leave the office at 5 pm. It's not nice when it's nice out and I am stuck in a classroom for 2 hours while the sun sets and I have already been in an office all day.
• Good thing I'm single. Officially single. Single single single. When I find time to date, I'll take up the banner again. No, there are no cute dudes in the GMAT class.
• I am having trouble sleeping. I either dream stress dreams or wake up several times.
• I celebrated eight years at my company last week. Where DOES the time go? I have no idea. Does that make me old? At least I know I don't have a problem with commitment or maybe I just like the abuse.
• Heading to LA for the weekend to visit the Tawa. Going to see her play and rub elbows with celebrities. This should be awesome. I plan to lie like a vegetable.
• Next Saturday I am going to Maui for 8 luscious days for a friend's wedding. Lots of friends from college will be there. I plan to sleep all day and do nothing more strenuous than to make sure I am appropriately covered in sunblock.
• I miss you guys.

Friday Clip of the Week:

File under: Completely random and Made me Laugh

Songs to Get You Through the Work Week

Little something here for everyone:

1. Handlebars - Flobots
2. Hold On - KT Tunstall
3. Love Don't Live Here - Lady Antebellum
4. Overdure - Bitter:Sweet
5. Mercy - Duffy
6. Can't Find My Way Home - Ellen McIlwaine
7. Baby Got Back - Jonathan Coultain
8. La Belle et le Bad Boy - MC Solaar
9. Foundations - Kate Nash
10. Can I Get Get Get - Junior Senior

Now you know what I am listening to when I am ignoring you yelling at me from over the cube wall.

Enjoy my lovelies.

Bad Blogger

I'm so sorry my pretties.

Work keeps getting in the way of my anti-social socializing on the Internet.

Damn you work!* Why must you torture me with your stress-filled deadlines and mind-numbing meetings?

(*but thanks for the paycheck. It helps numb the pain. )

I Have Decided That:

"Better Than" by John Butler Trio is the official song of my summer.

It shall be played at all outdoor events and in the car with windows down and system up on all sunny days.

No arguments. It's not a discussion.

That is all.

What I Learned This Weekend

• CherryRide is so my monkey boy. DANCE MONKEY BOY DANCE!
• The White Horse in Post Alley is super awesome, even if they don't have a single drink on tap.
• I have little teeth. Or maybe I don't.
• The parking fairy is always with Kjersti.
• If you yell out "BOSTON BITCHES!!" in a bar in Seattle, someone will always holler back.
• Three girls can drink a lot more wine in a single day than they thought they could. In fact, they can drink a ridic amount.
• "Ridic" is the new ReckenRoll word of the summer. As is "bitches."
• I thought I had been wine tasting in Yakima but apparently I had really been wine tasting in Zillah.
• Always bring your Rattlesnake Trail passport. It never expires!
• Brea + Jo = Good times. Good times.
• The Yellow Church in Ellensburg serves up some tasty vittles at a very right price.
• The Tav NEVER lets you down.

SPOTTED IN SEATTLE

The CherryRide.

Mothers, LOCK UP YOUR SONS!!!

Biting the Bullet

Well, kids, after months of thinking, debating, and weighing my commitment levels today I took a big step.

I bit the bullet and copped out an outrageous amount of money to enroll in a GMAT prep course.
That's right - the ReckenRoll is heading back to school.**

Class starts next Tuesday and I am actually excited to go (which surprised me). In anticipation, I took some practice questions online and wow. Let me just say, I need as much help as I can get.

Shocking, I know.

I mean, I consider myself to be relatively competent with the written word and when it comes to math, I am usually the one who sorts out the bill in a group dinner situation. But these test questions reminded me just how far I've slipped since my hay days of the 11th grade.

Do you know how to figure out surface area of a cube if the volume is 27? I didn't. I guessed. I was wrong. It's weird to me that the problems all involve math that I KNOW I should know...like we all learned it somewhere, once, about a million years ago but haven't seen since the 8th grade. Seriously. When was the last time you used math beyond basic percentages? It's kinda like when you watch Jeopardy and there are those questions that you KNOW you studied in school but now have no idea.

It's clearly time for a brush up.

And hey, who knows, maybe there will be some cute pre-MBA future millionaire type who needs a study buddy. Who am I to fight fate?

So wish me luck kids. In the tradition of CherryRide working his way through medical miracles, I'll keep you all well posted on progress!

**Actually, the GMAT score will determine if she's heading back to school or not.

What I Learned This Weekend

• When the Barefoot Contessa says to bake the cookies on parchment paper, you REALLY SHOULD bake the cookies on parchment paper.
• Mangled coconut macaroons still taste awesome.
• I am an excellent cook. Seriously.
• I can still rally to leave the house after 10 pm on weekend night...but I will still be home in bed about 2 hours later.
• I spend a lot of time with my own demographic. Go figure.
• Free beer always tastes better.
• It can snow in Seattle in April . What happened to global warming?

What I Learned on Monday After Reading My Weekend List:

• I had a damn boring weekend.